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>> Jon: THANK YOU.
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LET'S GO BACK TO ANDY MCCARTHY
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FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER
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FEDERAL PROSECUTOR.
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JAMES COMEY AT LEAST PRIOR TO
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HIS FIRING ALWAYS ENJOYED A
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REPUTATION OF SOMETHING OF A
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BOY SCOUT IN THE F.B.I.
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A GUY WHO WAS ALWAYS UPHOLDING
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THE LAW.
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THIS REPORT WOULD SEEM TO
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SUGGEST OTHERWISE.
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>> WELL, CERTAINLY HE BECAME A
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LAW UNTO HIMSELF.
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HE THINKS THAT HE HAD A GOOD
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REASON FOR IT.
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BUT HERE IS SOMETHING, JON,
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I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO
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UNDERSTAND.
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HE WAS JIM COMEY.
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HE HAD A VERY BIG PUBLIC
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PROFILE.
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HE WAS NO LONGER F.B.I.
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DIRECTOR ONCE HE WAS REMOVED BY
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PRESIDENT TRUMP.
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WHY LEAK GOVERNMENT RECORDS?
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YOU ARE JIM COMEY, YOU COULD GO
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OUT TO THE SIDEWALK AND CONVENE
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A PRESS CONFERENCE AND HE COULD
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HAVE SAID WHATEVER HE WANTED TO
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SAY IN TERMS OF HOW BADLY HE
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THOUGHT A SPECIAL COUNSEL WAS
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NEEDED AND WHY.
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IT HAS NEVER BEEN CLEAR TO ME,
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AND I HAVE YET TO HEAR A
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RATIONALE EVEN IF YOU ACCEPTED
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EVERYTHING HE IS SAYING ABOUT
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THAT HE DIDN'T THINK THE
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JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WAS
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TRUSTWORTHY AND NOBODY WHO HAS
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WORKED AT THE JUSTICE
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DEPARTMENT GETS TO MAKE THAT
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CALL.
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SO IT IS VERY PRESUMPTUOUS ON
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HIS PART TO DO THAT.
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WHAT I CONTINUE TO BE MYSTIFIED
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BY IS WHY DO IT THIS WAY?
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WHY LEAK INTERNAL GOVERNMENT
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INFORMATION REGARDLESS OF
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WHETHER IT WAS CLASSIFIED OR
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NOT?
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YOU DON'T GET TO DO THAT.
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IT IS NOT YOUR INFORMATION TO
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DO OR TO LEAK.
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HE WAS A PRIVATE CITIZEN AT
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THAT POINT.
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IF HE THOUGHT THAT THE
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GOVERNMENT SHOULD APPOINT A
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SPECIAL COUNSEL, HE COULD
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EASILY HAVE JUST CONVENED A
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PRESS CONFERENCE AND SAID SO
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AND IT WOULD HAVE HAD LOT OF
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IMPACT.
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>> THE I.G. REPORT MAKES THAT
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POINT THERE WERE OTHER AVENUES
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AVAILABLE TO HIM BESIDES TAKING
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THESE F.B.I. MEMOS, GIVING THEM
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TO HIS FRIEND THE COLUMBIA